Chennai panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 09:29 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:26
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:38 to 05:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 05:52 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:22 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:27 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:02 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:51 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:27 – 05:52 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:49 Gemini
- 05:49 – 07:58 Cancer
- 07:58 – 10:01 Leo
- 10:01 – 12:03 Virgo
- 12:03 – 14:09 Libra
- 14:09 – 16:21 Scorpio
- 16:21 – 18:28 Sagittarius
- 18:28 – 20:22 Capricorn
- 20:22 – 22:03 Aquarius
- 22:03 – 23:43 Pisces
- 23:43 – 01:31 next day Aries
- 01:31 – 03:33 next day Taurus
- 03:33 – 05:45 next day Gemini
- 05:45 – 05:52 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method